Well, it’s official. FOX has cancelled Thursday night drama Gracepoint after one season. There won’t be a second season on the network but there seems to be a small chance that it could continue elsewhere.
Gracepoint begins when a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach in the small northern California town of Gracepoint. The tragedy and ensuing media frenzy soon turns neighbor against neighbor as the police try to figure out what happened. The cast includes David Tennant, Anna Gunn, Michael Peña, Virginia Kull, Madalyn Horcher, Kendrick Sampson, Nick Nolte, Jacki Weaver, Kevin Rankin, Sarah-Jane Potts, Stephen Louis Grush, Kevin Zegers, Jessica Lucas, and Nikolas Filipovic.
The ratings for Gracepoint started out low and got worse as the season progressed. For whatever reason, many viewers just weren’t interested in the series — despite being assured that the mystery would be solved by the end of the 10 episodes.
With such poor ratings, it’s no surprise that FOX has cancelled the series. TVLine has confirmed it and actually, the network had already quietly told viewers it wasn’t coming back. At the end of a preview, the final episode of the season was called the “series finale.”
While Gracepoint won’t be returning to FOX, showrunner Dan Futterman has hopes that the Shine America production company will find an alternative home for the series. In a recent interview, he said, “You know as much as I do at this point. Shine, there’s been some changes at the company and so I don’t know what the intention is to do with the programming that they’ve got. [Co-showrunner Anya Epstein] and I would love the opportunity, but we don’t know any more than you do.”
What do you think? Would you like to Gracepoint return for a second season? Was FOX justified in cancelling this show? Would you watch season two on another channel?
If fox won’t then make it a netflix show
Bring grace point back all my friends an I loved it
Bring Grace Point back – good show
Bring back Gracepoint!
I loved it!! Small town dynamics and suspense with a final show showing what really happened!! Hope to God Broadchurch will have further seasons!!! Enjoyed both!
I would definitely watch Gracepoint no matter what channel it was on. This was a fantastic show and shame on them for canceling it. Gracepoint had my husband andI wanting more.
I really hated to learn that this show was canceled. It always seemed surprising that it was on one of the big networks. This seems more like an FX series or something. I’d watch it no matter where it ends up..
I would like to see gracepoint come back to fox.
LOVED THE SHOW!!!!
I really liked this show! Please consider moving it to a network that will support it.
At least put another season on Netflix. This is such a good show!
Great idea!
Loved it, didn’t miss an episode. I would definitely watch it on another network. It seems that intelligent story lines and great acting doom a series these days.
I was very disappointed when I learned that Gracepoint would not be coming back. Don’t think it was given much of a chance. I hope Fox will reconsider bringing it back, or if not hopefully it will be picked up by another network. Meanwhile, since I understand that Broadchurch is the original version, I will try downloading it. But still would like to see Gracepoint return. Thanks to all who suggested Broadchurch in its stead.
Yes I want another season. And, yes, I’d watch on another channel.
THEY SHOULD NOT CANCEL GRACEPOINT I LOVED THAT SHOW. IT SEEMS FOX CANCELS A LOT OF GOOD SHOWS BUT KEEPS THE TRASHY ONES. AND YES IF THEY PUT GRACEPOINT ON ANOTHER CHANNEL I WOULD WATCH IT EVEN IT MEANS CATCHING UP ON THE INTERNET ONLY.